I, Too, Bear Witness: Prison Museums as Sites of Conscience
by Alexa Canova-Parker (Class of 2021) On September 24, 2020, the University of San Francisco’s (USF) Museum Studies Program and the Thacher Gallery co-presented Prison Museums as Sites of Conscience, a virtual public lecture by Sean Kelley of the Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site (ESP). Dr. Paula Birnbaum, USF Professor and Academic Director of the MUSE program, served as moderator. The lecture was presented in conjunction with the Thacher exhibition A Matter of Liberation: Artwork from Prison Renaissance, on view […]
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